Decision details

Care at Home: Care Fees Review

Decisions:

Cabinet
considered a report on the findings of a review of
Care at Home.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet

1.notes the findings of the Care Fee Review for Care
at Home;

2.endorses a maximum flat hourly fee rate of £18
per hour for Care at Home services with effect from 1st
October 2018;

3.approves the approach to fund the forecast financial
implications on the Adult Services Commissioning Budget through the
allocation of Adult Social Care Support Grant (held within the
Transforming Services Earmarked Reserve) in 2018/19 and from the
Improved Better Care Fund in 2018/19 and 2019/20; and

4.notes that the financial implications of the report
present a risk to the current estimates for the 2020/21 Budget, as
contained within Medium Term Financial Strategy 2018/19 to
2020/21.